The Big Bang Theory S01E01 vocabulary: the 380 English words to know

662 different words in this film. Knowing the 1,000 most common English words covers about 63% of this film; the 3,000 most common, about 77%.

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WordUses
penny 10
00:03:44Oh. Okay,well,guess I'm your new neighbor. Penny.
neighbor 6
00:03:12- new neighbor? - Evidently.
favor 5
00:15:26Um,can I ask you a favor?
shower 5
00:11:54On top of everything else, I'm all gross from moving and my stupid shower doesn't even work.
sperm 5
00:00:54Um... is this the high-iq sperm bank?
slit 5
00:00:00so ***** with two slits in it and either slit is observed,
coitus 5
00:14:15And you want us out because you're anticipating coitus?
bang 4
00:06:17with a big bang bang!
leonard 4
00:01:26Leonard,I don't think I can do this.
cheesecake 4
00:09:56Oh,yeah. I'm a waitress at the cheesecake factory.
board 3
00:06:59I have a board. If you like boards, this is my board.
season 3
00:04:12No. We're gonna start season two of battlestar galactica.
event 3
00:15:52Event a- a beautiful woman stands naked in our shower.
factory 3
00:09:56Oh,yeah. I'm a waitress at the cheesecake factory.
chat 3
00:04:50We'll have a nice meal and... chat.
participate 3
00:09:15Yes. It tells us that you participate in the mass cultural delusion
ex-boyfriend 3
00:15:59from the aforementioned woman's ex-boyfriend.
boggle 3
00:08:46tuesday night we played klingon boggle till 1:00 in the morning.
invite over 3
00:04:22I think we should be good neighbors and invite her over, make her feel welcome.
apartment 2
00:01:45A little extra money to get fractional t-1 bandwith in the apartment.
holy 2
00:07:03Holy smokes.
difference 2
00:07:40- What's the difference? - What's the difference?
plane 2
00:00:07However,if it's observed after it's left the plane but before it hits its target,
smoke 2
00:07:03Holy smokes.
begin 2
00:06:08The earth began to cool the autotrophs began to drool,
prince 2
00:00:38"phylum" which makes 14 across "port-au-prince"
build 2
00:06:10neanderthals developed tools we built the wall
however 2
00:00:07However,if it's observed after it's left the plane but before it hits its target,
level 2
00:16:13but we both know it only exists in contradistinction to the higher level distal cause.
pants 2
00:19:23My mom bought me those pants.
hall 2
00:03:31We don't mean to interrupt. We live across the hall.
trick 2
00:14:27Hey,is there a trick to getting it to switch from tub to shower...?
universe 2
00:06:00Our whole universe was in a hot,dense state
base 2
00:10:17So,it's based on your life.
create 2
00:07:50it's directly in the path of a cross-breeze created by opening windows there and there
theory 2
00:06:39Yeah. Well,it's just some quantum mechanics with a little string theory doodling around the edges.
invite 2
00:04:11Should we have invited her for lunch?
television 2
00:07:54it faces the television at an angle that is neither direct,
indian 2
00:05:13Anyway,um... we brought home indian food.
grandmother 2
00:12:30That's not true. Remember at thanksgiving my grandmother with alzheimer's had that episode?
hook 2
00:22:01Baby,baby,don't get hooked on me
wide 2
00:04:34I have a very wide circle.
episode 2
00:06:22THE BIG BANG THEOTY Season 01 Episode 01
prize 2
00:19:55Got my work,one day I'll win the nobel prize and then I'll die alone.
circle 2
00:04:32We need to widen our circle.
experiment 2
00:02:55No,it's true. I did a series of experiments when I was 12.
port 2
00:00:38"phylum" which makes 14 across "port-au-prince"
discover 2
00:11:40but then along comes albert einstein and discovers that light behaves like particles,too.
string 2
00:06:39Yeah. Well,it's just some quantum mechanics with a little string theory doodling around the edges.
steak 2
00:09:41And the occasional steak. I love steak!
develop 2
00:06:10neanderthals developed tools we built the wall
observe 2
00:00:00so ***** with two slits in it and either slit is observed,
waitress 2
00:09:56Oh,yeah. I'm a waitress at the cheesecake factory.
quest 2
00:20:10This is one of my favorite places to kick back after a quest.
curry 2
00:05:28Also, curry is a natural laxative, and I don't have to tell you,
invent 2
00:07:17At least I didn't have to invent 26 dimensions just to make the mathouome ct.
shampoo 2
00:13:27when she discovers your luke skywalker no-more-tears shampoo?
combine 2
00:18:24Come on,we have a combined iq of 360.
klingon 2
00:08:46tuesday night we played klingon boggle till 1:00 in the morning.
anticipate 2
00:14:15And you want us out because you're anticipating coitus?
mit 2
00:07:08you can find scribbled on the wall of any men's room at mit,sure.
paradox 2
00:11:28It's uh... uh... it's a paradox.
differential 2
00:01:56What if she winds up with a toddler who doesn't know if he should use an integral or a differential
sagittarius 2
00:09:11I'm a sagittarius, which probably tells you way more than you need to know.
wolowitz 2
00:08:42That's not true- koothrappali and wolowitz come over all the time.
break up 2
00:16:36I broke up with joyce kim.
give up 2
00:17:49We're not going to give up just like that.
take off 2
00:12:25It has been some time since we've had a woman take her clothes off in our apartment.
wind up 2
00:01:56What if she winds up with a toddler who doesn't know if he should use an integral or a differential
french 1
00:14:59It's french for "good shower. "
carry 1
00:17:03Leonard,the two of us can't even carry a tv.
joke 1
00:06:44That part there, that's just a joke.
north 1
00:16:39You did not break up with joyce kim. She defected to north korea.
bear 1
00:06:46It's a spoof of the born-oppenheimer approximation.
grab 1
00:18:36Just grab the door!
computer 1
00:13:50It's before he became a creepy computer voice. Leonard:
summer 1
00:07:47and yet not so close as to cause perspiration in the summer,
moon 1
00:14:44It's currently orbiting jupiter's largest moon taking high-resolution digital photographs.
department 1
00:14:39Howard wolowitz caltech department of applied physics.
favorite 1
00:20:10This is one of my favorite places to kick back after a quest.
mention 1
00:21:28Not to mention imaginary.
double 1
00:11:38as confirmed by the double - slit experiments,
nature 1
00:11:31Paradoxes are part of nature.
warm 1
00:07:44In the winter,that seat is close enough to the radiator to remain warm,
extra 1
00:01:45A little extra money to get fractional t-1 bandwith in the apartment.
beauty 1
00:04:44That's the beauty of it.
large 1
00:14:44It's currently orbiting jupiter's largest moon taking high-resolution digital photographs.
skin 1
00:03:18200-pound transvestite with a skin condition? Yes,she is.
language 1
00:15:01It's a sentiment I can express in six languages.
conversation 1
00:07:57thus discouraging conversation,
somehow 1
00:09:23somehow affects your personality.
natural 1
00:05:28Also, curry is a natural laxative, and I don't have to tell you,
nearly 1
00:06:04then nearly 14 billion years ago expansion started... wait!
fantastic 1
00:13:41It's fantastic, unbelievable.
doc 1
science 1
00:06:13we built the pyramids math,science,history,
character 1
00:20:23Anyway,if you had your own game character we could hang out, maybe go on a quest.
target 1
00:00:07However,if it's observed after it's left the plane but before it hits its target,
remain 1
00:07:44In the winter,that seat is close enough to the radiator to remain warm,
papa 1
00:00:43see,"papa doc's capitol idea," that's "port-au-prince. "
condition 1
00:03:18200-pound transvestite with a skin condition? Yes,she is.
shirt 1
00:00:15There's no point. I just think it's a good idea for a t-shirt.
female 1
00:13:03I'm a male and she's a female.
male 1
00:13:03I'm a male and she's a female.
birth 1
00:09:18that the sun's apparent position relative to arbitrarily defined constellations at the time of your birth
social 1
00:08:51- I'm sorry. - That has negative social implications.
exist 1
00:16:13but we both know it only exists in contradistinction to the higher level distal cause.
process 1
00:09:46Well,that's interesting. Leonard can't process corn.
finger 1
00:00:3514 down is... move your finger...
access 1
00:17:52We have been denied access to the building- ergo,we are done.
path 1
00:07:50it's directly in the path of a cross-breeze created by opening windows there and there
russian 1
00:16:24Oh,right,yes,I could have stayed behind and watch wolowitz try to hit on penny in russian, arabic and farsi.
lake 1
00:21:53Uh,turn left on lake street and head up to colorado.
naked 1
00:15:52Event a- a beautiful woman stands naked in our shower.
journey 1
00:16:10Ah,yes. Well,that may be the proximal cause of our journey,
lesson 1
00:19:51Anyway,I've learned my lesson.
university 1
00:17:08So,you guys work with leonard and sheldon at the university?
genius 1
00:06:50So you're like one of those beautiful mind genius guys.
winter 1
00:07:44In the winter,that seat is close enough to the radiator to remain warm,
dna 1
00:01:38I have a sister with the same basic dna mix who hostesses at fuddruckers.
bedroom 1
00:03:41heterosexual bedrooms.
complicated 1
00:16:48This situation is much less complicated.
avoid 1
00:16:55She just wanted to avoid having a scene with him.
familiar 1
00:14:42You may be familiar with some of my work.
meal 1
00:04:50We'll have a nice meal and... chat.
regular 1
00:08:59Yeah. It's like regular boggle,but... in klingon.
switch 1
00:14:27Hey,is there a trick to getting it to switch from tub to shower...?
mystery 1
00:06:15unraveling the mystery that all started
jerk 1
00:10:40Until I fell in love with a jerk!
effect 1
00:05:23that good food and company can have a comforting effect.
available 1
00:14:20So she's available for coitus?
result 1
00:03:03No. That was a result of my work with lasers.
unbelievable 1
00:13:41It's fantastic, unbelievable.
edge 1
00:06:39Yeah. Well,it's just some quantum mechanics with a little string theory doodling around the edges.
solve 1
00:01:59to solve the area under a curve?
directly 1
00:07:50it's directly in the path of a cross-breeze created by opening windows there and there
someday 1
00:19:40I was hoping to establish a relationship with penny that might have someday led to sex.
tear 1
00:13:27when she discovers your luke skywalker no-more-tears shampoo?
drag 1
00:19:31Sheldon,I am so sorry I dragged you through this.
separate 1
00:03:37I mean,we live together, but in separate,
expert 1
00:05:37Leonard,I'm no expert here, but I believe in the context of a luncheon invitation,
direct 1
00:07:54it faces the television at an angle that is neither direct,
series 1
00:02:55No,it's true. I did a series of experiments when I was 12.
juice 1
00:17:29Juice box?
button 1
00:20:20His name is buttons.
mass 1
00:09:15Yes. It tells us that you participate in the mass cultural delusion
wave 1
00:11:34Think about light. If you look at huygens, light is a wave,
sometime 1
00:03:57Oh,thank you. Maybe we can have coffee sometime.
negative 1
00:08:51- I'm sorry. - That has negative social implications.
chain 1
00:15:49I really think we should examine the chain of causality here.

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